Summary
Delegates at OECPR-2 began negotiating draft resolution text on Tuesday, meeting in five separate clusters to consider their respective sections of a compilation text dated 15 February 2016, which contained a total of 24 resolutions.
Clusters 1 and 2 met in parallel during the morning, and Clusters 3 and 4 met in parallel during the afternoon. Discussions in Cluster 4, on the sustainable management of natural capital extended into the evening, as Cluster 5 also convened in the evening. Delegates discussed proposals on issues including, inter alia: education for sustainable development; the role of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) in delivering on the environmental dimension of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; Environmentally Sound Technologies (EST) on waste management; a strategy for the sound management of chemicals and waste globally; oceans and seas; the sustainable management of natural capital; illegal wildlife trade; integration of biodiversity for wellbeing; and synergies among biodiversity-related MEAs.
IISD Reporting Services, through its ENB Meeting Coverage, provided daily web coverage and daily reports from OECPR-2. In addition, IISD Reporting Services, has published a summary and analysis from OECPR-2 in HTML and PDF formats. Available in ENB Mobile at: http://enb.iisd.mobi/unep-oecpr2016/.
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Cluster 1
Delegates gather to discuss matters related to Cluster 1
Nino Tkhilava, Georgia
Cluster 1 Chair Pedro Escosteguy Cardoso, Brazil
Raza Bashir Tarar, Pakistan
Frances Brown, Samoa
Heige Zeitler, EU
Cluster 2
Delegates gather to discuss matters related to Cluster 2
Cluster 2 Chair and CPR Vice-Chair John Moreti, Botswana
Rolph Payet, Executive Secretary, Basel, Rotterdam and
Stockholm (BRS) Conventions Secretariat
Michael Latham, US
Webster Chiyangwa, Zimbabwe
Cluster 3
Delegates attending the discussions on Cluster 3
Cluster 3 Chair Corinna Enders, Germany
Brenda Pangrazi, Argentina
Matthias Maier, EU
Esra İlbaş, Turkey
Majid Shafie-Pour, Iran
Cluster 4
View of the dais for Cluster 4
Helena Rajaonarivelo, Madagascar
Juliet Naliaka Makokha, speaking
on behalf of the NGOs and
Women Major Groups
Ntesang Molemele, Botswana
Zakariaou Adam Maiga, Niger
Alex Surace, Australia
Cluster 5
Delegates gather for discussions related to Cluster 5
Cluster 5 Chair Raza Bashir Tarar, Pakistan
Eduardo Alcibíades Sánchez Kiesslich, Mexico
Sylvie Côté, Canada
Konrad Paulsen, Chile
Around the Venue
Delegates between sessions
Delegates meet informally
Delegates from Iran
Delegates review the proposed text
UNEP staff track changes in the negotiating text
A delegate from the Netherlands speaks with
Cluster 1 Chair Pedro Escosteguy Cardoso, Brazil
Delegates from the EU and US meet informally
Delegates between sessions
Ibrahim Thiaw, Deputy Executive Director, UNEP, speaks with delegates from the African and Arab regions
Around the UNEP grounds
